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North Belfast Sinn Féin Councillor Conor Maskey said
the Loyal Orders need to immediately enter into talks with the residents of
Carrickhill.

The North Belfast councillor said:

“It is worrying that there has been no direct contact
between the Loyal Orders and the residents of Carrickhill as the Ulster
Covenant parade approaches.

“The Loyal Orders are saying that conversations ‘are
taking place away from the public gaze’ and as it is not with the residents,
who is it that they are talking to?

“If talks between the Loyal Orders and residents do
not take place immediately then their recent statements will be seen, along
with the claim of quiet conversations, as little more than a PR exercise.

“There needs to be immediate talks between the Loyal
Orders and the Carrickhill residents. Direct dialogue is the way to resolve
these contentious parades and anything else will just be seen as a
smokescreen.”